Hi Ronni Not 100% sure on the bootable thing, but I'd imagine so, as the card doesn't get instructions/power to it until the laptop is running (from memory). So therefore it's not seen as a device until the system loads and does it's thing. Unlike Firewire which is independent. Well that's what I think from my limited technical side anyway,.. ;) hehe I've never actually run an ExpressCard eSATA. Used a Firewire ExpressCard. Got one here for eSATA though, will have to try it some stage and see :o) And same for the WLAN. Haven't come across that either on my travels, but can test it and see :o)
Will add it to the 'todo' list and let you know what I find out. Hmm, guess that means I have to find a drive with eSATA as well then,..lol. Kind Regards Daniel PS You're welcome Cloe :) PPS Arr sleep. I vaguely remember that... :o) On 13/7/09 2:00 PM, "Ronda Brown" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > Is it correct that the Express Card Slot is NOT seen as a bootable port? > > "The main reason you can't boot from eSATA is because you basically > can't boot from a device attached through the express slot. > This would be the case with a firewire or USB drive connected through > the express slot as well. > It's basically not seen as a bootable port." > > Is it also correct that when you remove the ExpressCard that you loose > your WLAN connection? > > " Using a JMicron JMB360 chipset based eSATA ExpressCard (Digitus > DS-31101) running on a mid-2007 Macbook Pro and OSX 10.5.6. > or a Griffin Expresscard/34 eSATA (Silicon Image Sil3132 SATA Link). > > Inserting, accessing and using an external esata drive works fine. > > Problems begin when you remove the ExpressCard after usage - shortly > after removing the WLAN connection drops and can't be restored." > > But - there does appear to be a workaround, before you remove the > Expresscard, turn the wireless off. > Then remove the Expresscard. Then turn the wireless back on. > > Many thanks. > > Cheers, > Ronni > PS Cloe says "Thank you Daniel for the Birthday wishes" > PPS Cloe is now sleeping off her Birthday picnic in the park. > > > > > > > > > On 13/07/2009, at 11:15 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > >> Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but I'm sure I had read it somewhere. >> Isn't it true with eSATA that you can't "hotswap" a drive like you >> can with >> Firewire and USB2. That is, if you unmount the drive you physically >> have to >> restart the machine for it to show back up again and that you can't >> just >> plug and unplug for it to show up again like you can with a Firewire >> Drive? >> As mentioned, I could be wrong, just something I thought I'd read/seen >> somewhere. >> That was one disadvantage I always thought with eSATA, it was a bit >> like >> SCSI was back then. >> >> Oh, and as a side note, MacPro's if they want to add eSATA can >> actually sort >> of trick the machine, as they have 2 "hidden" SATA ports under the >> left hand >> side on the port. You can actually run a couple to one of these then >> out to >> a eSATA PCI card, so you don't then lose any of the hard drive bays. >> (Though >> with 4 Hard Drive bays on a MacPro you've got lots anyway,...) >> >> Kind Regards >> Daniel >> >> PS Happy birthday Cloe. ;) >> --- >> Daniel Kerr >> MacWizardry >> >> Phone: 0414 795 960 >> Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> >> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >> >> >> **For everything Macintosh** > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <[email protected]> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** ***** MACWIZARDRY NEWSLETTER OUT NOW ***** ***** CHECK WEBSITE TO DOWNLOAD IT ***** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
